Species Use Database

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What is it being used for? Is the use sustainable?
Is the species in use threatend with extinction?

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Target species scientific name Common name(s) Geographic location IUCN Red List status Purpose(s) of end use Practice of use Record considered ecologically sustainable / unsustainable Publication date Entered
Accipiter Ovampensis Ovambo Sparrowhawk North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Monetary Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2018 8 months 2 weeks ago
Butastur Rufipennis Grasshopper Buzzard North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Monetary Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2018 8 months 2 weeks ago
Torgos tracheliotos Lappet-faced Vulture Sub-Saharan Africa
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Other -- Poisining incidents Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2016 6 months 3 weeks ago
Gyps africanus White-backed Vulture Sub-Saharan Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Other -- Poisining incidents Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2016 6 months 3 weeks ago
Neophron percnopterus Egyptian Vulture Sub-Saharan Africa
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Other -- Poisining incidents Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2016 6 months 3 weeks ago
Necrosyrtes monachus Hooded Vulture Sub-Saharan Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Other -- Poisining incidents Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2016 6 months 3 weeks ago
Gyps rueppellii Rüppell's Vulture Sub-Saharan Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Other -- Poisining incidents Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2016 6 months 3 weeks ago
Gypaetus barbatus Bearded Vulture Sub-Saharan Africa
NT
Near Threatened
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Other -- Poisining incidents Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2016 6 months 3 weeks ago
Gyps coprotheres Cape Vulture Sub-Saharan Africa
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Other -- Poisining incidents Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2016 6 months 3 weeks ago
White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis Sub-Saharan Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Other -- Poisining incidents Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2016 6 months 3 weeks ago
Neophron percnopterus Egyptian Vulture North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
EN
Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Poisining incidents Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2021 6 months 3 weeks ago